Report for the 2009 World Championships held in France will be provided as soon as possible.

2007 World Championships - Townsville

QWWF DISABLED DIVISION REPORT

 “BRILLIANT” is how IWWF Disabled council described the worlds in Townsville.

Most competitors at the 2007 World Disabled Titles in Townsville commented that it was at the most beautiful site and it was the most organized event they have ever attended.

14 Countries and 52 competitor’s attended the event.

Australia for the first time ever in the history of disabled world titles, placed second on the podium in the teams point score. This is a huge achievement to finally get ahead of the United States who have long been the leaders in the sport.

The team was strong and made up by almost 50% Queenslanders who attributed greatly to the team scores. They were:

Peter Mcclintock, Townsville

Ian Denman, Mackay

Darryl Hoyle, Strathpine

Dave Parry, Bribie Island

Scott Wintle, Wellington Point

2 Gold medals in jump were won by Ian Denman and Darryl Hoyle, who also smashed the world record. Scott Wintle also took out the Gold medal in the Trick event.

Queensland Waterski and Wakeboard federation ‘Congratulate’ all these skiers!

An interesting point on how competitive these worlds were is that of the 14 Countrys present, 13 of them gained medals.

The Australian team was well managed by Noel Dix who we all know as the CEO of  AWWF and coached very professionally by Drew Miller.

The event would have been one of the largest in Australia for the 06-07 season with the total budget being over $300,000.

As we all know the opening ceremony was sponsored by QWWF, and went off brilliantly!

The ceremony comprised of the presentation of the teams and officials, a reading by an Australian poet, a native traditional welcome and a dance, a bush band and exhibitions of native wildlife by the Billabong Sanctuary, all in the Auditorium and beside the fantastic pool at the Riverside.

A huge thank you was given to QWWF for its contribution.

A video of the event is compiled by WIN TV in Townsville and is available commercially.

The Townsville site and the Townsville Waterski club are to be commended and certainly recommended for future events.

Bushy Brown - Disabled Division